For sale within the EU
Price: 250 Euros+postage
I’ve recently created a vision inspired by Asha Thadani’s documentary photographs of the Jogini community, women marked by ritual sexual slavery who continue to live in impoverished villages in the state of Telangana, India, and whose reality determines every stage of their lives from birth to death.
What brush strokes could best visualise the life cycle of those who grow up under these obligations?
Could it be understood as a journey along the stages defined by their strict traditions?
The strings and ropes that stitch together the community follow their predefined lines and some are attached to others but they do not all join at the end.
Some stairs suggest how impossible each step forward is, still some struggle with the impossible.
The path seems predestined, guided by strict traditions, where every step is a challenge. The strings that hold this structure together – invisible, fragmented – fail to bind generations. Symbolic ladders whisper the difficulty of moving forward, but some women struggle, driven by a persistent energy.
The dialogue between generations and castes is hindered, but in the midst of the tightly drawn and designed stitching, there are those who raise their heads.
It is a life cycle full of tragedies, where, among the ruins, some still strive to find the best way to make their days meaningful.
Printing ink and oil paint on servilletes and tela.
50×70 cm
2025
